Procter & Gamble key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, Procter & Gamble had return on equity of 30.1%, an operating margin of 22.7%, debt equal to 62.9% of equity and a current ratio of 0.68. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Jun 2010 | 2011Jun 2011 | 2012Jun 2012 | 2013Jun 2013 | 2014Jun 2014 | 2015Jun 2015 | 2016Jun 2016 | 2017Jun 2017 | 2018Jun 2018 | 2019Jun 2019 | 2020Jun 2020 | 2021Jun 2021 | 2022Jun 2022 | 2023Jun 2023 | 2024Jun 2024 | 2025Jun 2025 | 2026Jun 2026 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49.8% | 48.5% | 48.6% | 50.3% | 51.2% | 47.4% | 47.9% | 51.4% | 51.2% | 50.2% | 49.8% |
| Operating margin | 20.3% | 19.1% | 15.9% | 17.2% | 18.7% | 15.6% | 20.6% | 21.2% | 20.0% | 8.1% | 22.1% | 23.6% | 22.2% | 22.1% | 22.1% | 24.3% | 22.7% | 22.6% |
| Net margin | 16.4% | 14.5% | 13.1% | 14.1% | 15.6% | 9.9% | 16.1% | 23.6% | 14.6% | 5.8% | 18.4% | 18.8% | 18.4% | 17.9% | 17.7% | 19.0% | 18.4% | 18.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 16.8% | 12.4% | 11.4% | 13.6% | 13.6% | 15.4% | 18.6% | 14.4% | 16.7% | 17.6% | 20.2% | 20.5% | 16.9% | 16.8% | 19.7% | 16.7% | 17.4% | 17.4% |
| Return on equity | 20.7% | 18.2% | 16.3% | 17.0% | 16.8% | 10.6% | 17.4% | 26.9% | 17.9% | 7.8% | 27.6% | 30.6% | 31.5% | 31.2% | 30.5% | 31.1% | 30.1% | 29.2% |
| Return on assets | 9.9% | 8.9% | 7.9% | 8.3% | 8.2% | 5.1% | 8.2% | 12.4% | 8.2% | 3.3% | 11.0% | 11.9% | 12.5% | 12.3% | 12.2% | 12.9% | 12.7% | 12.3% |
| Asset turnover | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0.53 | 0.56 | 0.58 | 0.60 | 0.63 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.68 |
| Current ratio | 0.77 | 0.81 | 0.88 | 0.80 | 0.94 | 1.00 | 1.10 | 0.88 | 0.83 | 0.75 | 0.85 | 0.70 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.73 | 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.72 |
| Debt to equity | 48.6% | 49.1% | 50.8% | 45.9% | 53.2% | 50.7% | 52.8% | 56.6% | 59.2% | 63.2% | 74.1% | 68.6% | 67.2% | 73.5% | 64.2% | 66.0% | 62.9% | 70.3% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 16.6x | 18.6x | 17.0x | 20.7x | 19.6x | 17.7x | 23.2x | 29.6x | 26.4x | 10.8x | 33.8x | 35.8x | 40.6x | 24.0x | 20.0x | 22.5x | 22.5x | 22.0x |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17.8% | 19.7% | 20.2% | 20.3% | 20.8% | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | — | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.4% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 32.0% | 31.7% | 31.7% | 32.5% | 28.8% | 29.1% | 29.0% | 28.7% | 28.5% | 28.2% | 28.2% | 27.6% | 25.2% | 25.7% | 27.7% | 26.9% | 27.5% | 27.2% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 4.0% | 4.1% | 4.8% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 5.3% | 5.1% | 5.2% | 5.6% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 102.6% | 85.0% | 86.6% | 96.0% | 86.8% | 154.5% | 115.4% | 61.1% | 114.4% | 305.2% | 110.0% | 108.9% | 92.0% | 94.1% | 111.1% | 87.9% | 94.4% | 95.7% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 42.9% | 48.9% | 57.1% | 57.6% | 59.4% | 103.6% | 70.8% | 47.2% | 75.0% | 192.4% | 59.8% | 57.8% | 59.5% | 61.4% | 62.6% | 61.8% | 63.8% | 64.2% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 87.7% | 127.8% | 109.0% | 115.1% | 127.8% | 109.4% | 94.4% | 132.8% | 128.4% | 105.1% | 106.0% | 123.7% | 138.4% | 118.6% | 86.6% | 116.6% | 100.7% | 99.8% |
| Quarter | 2025 Q2Dec 2024 | 2025 Q3Mar 2025 | 2025 Q4Jun 2025 | 2026 Q1Sept 2025 | 2026 Q2Dec 2025 | 2026 Q3Mar 2026 | 2026 Q4Jun 2026 | 2027 Q1Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 52.4% | 51.0% | 49.1% | 51.4% | 51.2% | 49.5% | 48.5% | 49.8% |
| Operating margin | 26.2% | 23.0% | 20.8% | 26.2% | 24.2% | 21.5% | 18.6% | 25.5% |
| Net margin | 21.2% | 19.1% | 17.3% | 21.2% | 19.4% | 18.5% | 14.4% | 20.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 17.8% | 14.4% | 19.1% | 18.8% | 17.1% | 14.3% | 19.4% | 18.9% |
| Current ratio | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.68 | 0.72 |
| Debt to equity | 67.4% | 65.0% | 66.0% | 67.1% | 68.7% | 67.7% | 62.9% | 70.3% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 26.2% | 27.9% | 28.3% | 25.2% | 27.1% | 28.0% | 29.9% | 24.3% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $32.5bn of assets due within a year against $45.0bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $32.5bn short-term assets against $32.8bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $15.4bn of cash against $38.9bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 70% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 52% to 70% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $19.9bn of operating cash flow against $38.9bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $19.8bn against $902m of interest.
Moat
Strong moat
How hard Procter & Gamble's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 20 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 15.2% of total assets over 9 years.
- Pricing power 17 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 49.8%, moving by 1.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.
- Durability 13 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 22.3%; its worst year was 9.0%.
- Cash conversion 19 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 17.6% of revenue.
- Discipline 19 / 20
The diluted share count fell 6.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (87 before it).
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